On Fri 11/Oct/2013 05:21:10 +0200 Andres Salomon wrote: > > * Add a note to manpages about ensuring the correct kernel modules > are loaded when running commands (closes: #721825).
The original package (both versions) has a script MAKEDEV-cpuid-msr that creates 32 directories /dev/cpu/$n with a pair of device nodes each. (It is probably worth to use something like: n_cpus=$(egrep '^processor' /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l) n=0 while [ $n -lt $n_cpus ]; do instead. BTW, reading can be done using /dev/cpu/0 only, but writing seems to require nodes for each cpu.) IMHO, it is necessary to populate /dev/cpu like that on each boot, if msr-tools are to be used reliably. A note on the man page may help users, but also annoy them with the need to devise how to set up a proper initialization on each startup. Shouldn't the package install a script in /etc/init.d, with a start action similar to MAKEDEV-cpuid-msr, to accomplish that task directly? Ale -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
